Hi! I appreciate your work very much. I want to ask that you not refer to the prison in Florida as "Alligator Alcatraz," but rather, by its more accurate title "the concentration camp in the Everglades." MAGA calls it Alligator Alcatraz because it somehow makes it sound like a child's toy; alligators are cute and tourist attractions; Alcatraz, too, is a tourist attraction. And when Alcatraz functioned, it was a prison for people who had been convicted of horrible crimes through some kind of due process. The concentration camp in the Everglades is a concentration camp, where people will be sent without due process, who by definition will not have committed crimes -- because in the US we are supposed to be presumed innocent unless convicted. It is a concentration camp; please call it that!
My apologies. I see now that you called it "Alligator Auschwitz." This is another choice -- but I prefer to avoid the cutesy-ness of the alliteration. Also -- Auschwitz was a systematic murder camp. Let us pray that this concentration camp does not become that.
I agree. When we use the same language as the GOP and MAGA we just reinforce it in people's minds. We shouldn't do their job for them!
I had the privilege of hearing messaging expert Antonia Scatton speak at a breakout session at Network Nova's Women's Summit the other week. She made the point I mentioned above very clear!
I highly recommend people follow her on Substack. Here's a link to her most recent (free) post. (Unfortunately, I don't have the money for paid subscriptions to the many great authors on Substack).
Hi! I appreciate your work very much. I want to ask that you not refer to the prison in Florida as "Alligator Alcatraz," but rather, by its more accurate title "the concentration camp in the Everglades." MAGA calls it Alligator Alcatraz because it somehow makes it sound like a child's toy; alligators are cute and tourist attractions; Alcatraz, too, is a tourist attraction. And when Alcatraz functioned, it was a prison for people who had been convicted of horrible crimes through some kind of due process. The concentration camp in the Everglades is a concentration camp, where people will be sent without due process, who by definition will not have committed crimes -- because in the US we are supposed to be presumed innocent unless convicted. It is a concentration camp; please call it that!
My apologies. I see now that you called it "Alligator Auschwitz." This is another choice -- but I prefer to avoid the cutesy-ness of the alliteration. Also -- Auschwitz was a systematic murder camp. Let us pray that this concentration camp does not become that.
I agree. When we use the same language as the GOP and MAGA we just reinforce it in people's minds. We shouldn't do their job for them!
I had the privilege of hearing messaging expert Antonia Scatton speak at a breakout session at Network Nova's Women's Summit the other week. She made the point I mentioned above very clear!
I highly recommend people follow her on Substack. Here's a link to her most recent (free) post. (Unfortunately, I don't have the money for paid subscriptions to the many great authors on Substack).
https://open.substack.com/pub/reframingamerica/p/immigrants-are-essential?r=1aiy5t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
I'll be protesting in Encinitas, CA in our GOOD TROUBLE demonstration. Thanks for the reporting from elsewhere.
Excellent. Readers need to read of these efforts-positive, relatively easy to understand and inspiring.